League play opened this past week with a 252-277 loss to Estancia. Breakers should battle Calvary for second place in the four-team league and on a good day could take the league-leading Eagles. Only Costa Mesa appears to lack the scores to really complete for the title.

Girls Tennis (2-0, 6-3)

As expected Laguna picked up a pair of wins to open the league season earning a forfeit over Saddleback and a 18-0 rout over Estancia. This past Monday, Laguna defeated Beckman 11-7 on the local courts.

Breakers finished 17th in the 32-team South Coast Tournament last week for one of their less successful finishes in this major tournament in over a decade. Breakers opened play on Thursday, Sept. 20 with an 11-6 win over Santa Margarita. In the nightcap at Corona del Mar, Los Alamitos prevailed 15-5 as the Griffins took a 9-2 advantage into halftime. On Friday, Breakers lost to division rival Santa Barbara 10-7 and on Saturday to D-I ninth-ranked El Toro, 9-5. Laguna recovered to rally past University 7-6 on Saturday afternoon. Breakers next major match will be against Dana Hills (No. 7 D-I) at the local pool on Thursday, Oct. 4, 4 p.m. start.

Breakers finished tied for ninth at the Mohs Orange County tournament this past weekend. On Friday, Laguna opened pool play at Newport Harbor with a pair of solid wins defeating Upland 25-9, 25-14 and Beckman (No. 9 OC) 25-23, 25-20. On Saturday they lost to divisional rival Harvard-Westlake 25-17, 25-17 in a lack luster performance against the Wolverines. Julia Goggin led the Breakers with eight kills. Later on Saturday in the Gold Division playoffs at Edison, Laguna lost to a very good Tesoro squad 15-25, 25-17, 10-15. League play started this past week and Laguna travels to Mira Costa on Wednesday, Oct. 3 for an important non-league match. The Mustangs are hoping to revenge their loss to Laguna last year in the long series rivalry.